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4 piece band, Roger Daltrey lead vocalist, Peter Townshend, lead guitar/vocals, John Entwistle bass, Keith Moon drums. Lots of great material from these guys. Their album, "Who's Next" is cover to cover excellence...
Got to agree WHOs NEXT in my top three greatest of all time if I’m not mistaken Getty Lee from RUSH once said if he were stranded on a Deserted island and only had a record player and five albums to listen to WHOs Next would be one of them
The meaning of this song is complex. It comes from a double-LP concept album that tells a single story about a young man fighting his young man demons and trying to find his place in the world. He's being pulled in different directions. This is the final song on the album and I think is saying the man chooses love as his guiding principle thus ending his inner conflicts.
On the 3 songs on the Quadrophenia album prior to Love Reign O'er Me, the main character (Jimmy) was contemplating suicide and came very close to succeeding in doing it.
The Who are considered to be one of the top five all-time greatest rock bands, along with the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. Their range of musical styles and their influence on other bands is as enormous as their sound. Somebody coined the term "Maximum R&B" to describe them...very fitting indeed.
@@loosilu Agreed. Pretty much undisputed, except for Led Zeppelin. Though I think The Who were better by far. They without a doubt still hold best live album, Leeds.
@@allbottledup9513 The who invented Marshall stacks. The Marshall website says so. What are Marshall stacks? They are massive amps, and they are the reason any band can play a stadium or a festival. The Beatles had to quit touring because the technology couldn't keep up. The Who solved that problem. They had the best sound system in the world. The Isle of wight music festival, which was bigger than Woodstock, was forced to use the Who sound system for all the bands.
O'er is a poetic contraction of 'over'. Sometimes, to fit the intended meter, you need to drop a syllable and that's how they did it. So, the two parts of the hook are "Love, reign o'er me", which is a plea to be ruled and guided by love. The second part is "Love, rain on me", which is just a cry to be loved.
Pete Townsend is a songwriter extraordinaire! He did a lot of solo work that is awesome, as well. I am sure that when you listen again you will notice that the intro is meant to sound like thunder and rain, if you didn't already.
@@loosilu If you haven't heard their most recent album which was released in 2019 and is simply called "WHO", you should check it out. Roger's voice is amazing on that album. My favorite song on the album is "Beads On One String": ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hXb2sawDM7A.html
@@AirplayBeats 1960s: My Generation, I Can't Reach You, I Can See for Miles, Substitute, A Quick One (live), Pictures of Lily, Sunrise, Magic Bus, I'm Free, Pinball Wizard 1970s/80s: The Seeker, Baba O'Reilly, Bargain, Won't Get Fooled Again (live version - 1978 is best), Love Reign O'er Me, 5:15, The Real Me, Who are You, Eminence Front, Athena
Drummer Keith Moon ranks up with John Bonham and Neil Peart of Rush as the top three rock drummers of all time, died young of alcohol abuse just like Bonham....would wreck hotel rooms and go crazy. Sick drum fills and master improviser
Good Reaction. If you've ever watched any of the CSI TV shows, you've heard The Who: “Who Are You” (CSI) “Won’t Get Fooled Again” (CSI: Miami), “Baba O’Riley” (CSI: New York), "I Can See for Miles” (CSI Cyber). If you've watched the different CSI shows, you'll recognise the original songs as the theme tunes. Best Wishes for a Happy, Healthy, Peaceful New Year. ☮ Edit: It's worth adding, the title of three of the songs work very well for CSI; “Who Are You” is a question they try to answer in every episode, and "I Can See for Miles” fits CSI Cyber vey well. “Won’t Get Fooled Again” might be why CSI techniques have become important in solving crimes. “Baba O’Riley” is not obvious.
@@AirplayBeats Thank you for replying. All those tracks are superb 60s and 70s Who. In case you enjoy seeing live performances here're videos of The Who recorded by 1978 _The Who - Who Are You (Promo Video)_ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PNbBDrceCy8.html (5m:12s) Filmed for a documentary, The Who are in a recording studio, laying down all the tracks. _The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (Shepperton Studios / 1978)_ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UDfAdHBtK_Q.html Played live a large studio with a small audience. _The Who - Baba O'Riley (Live)_ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LDknRxdHNog.html (5m:16s) It looks like Shepperton Studios / 1978 again. Keith Moon is on drums, so it can't be newer. Sorry, I can't find a decent live video of "I Can See for Miles” recorded by 1978, when Keith Moon, the drummer died. It's worth seeing the original line-up. He was such a 'force of nature' it doesn't feel quite the same without him. AFAIK, the 'synth-parts' are backing tracks, and weren't played live. I should say, the recording technology for live performances was not as good as studio recorded and mixed. The documentary recording is clean, but not the album mix. The end of the recording studio version of "Baba O'Riley" is even more 'random' than live. Wikipedia says _"Dave Arbus, whose band East of Eden was recording in the same studio, was invited by Keith Moon to play the violin solo during the outro"_: _The Who - Baba O'Riley (Lyric Video)_ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QRTNm6GLJYI.html Best Wishes to You Both. ☮
Airplay Beats! The gist of the song, is that the singer welcomes the love of his woman to rule over him! He wants her Love to wash over him like rain! Love is like water in life, as we all need both to survive! Peace, Love & Blessings my Brothers!!!
The Who “won’t get fooled again” shepperton studios live 1978 is a great one! As well as “My Generation” live on the Smothers Brothers to get even more personality!
One thing that makes the sound so big is that bassist (and horn arranger and player for the band as well), John Entwistle, plays chords on the verses, and for the bigger choruses is actually playing single notes. One would think the opposite would work better, but Entwistle knew what he was doing. The drumming of Keith Moon is at its most powerful, as was Roger Daltrey's voice. Pete Townshend's guitar work is so impeccably precise and his synthesizer work is unparalleled. Truly the World's Greatest Rock Band.
We didn't have music videos back then..Our imaginations played a video for us in our minds that now evoke memories of being high schoolers cruisin the backroads drinking and listening to greatness like this on the radio..I wouldn't trade it for any other generation..Peace and Love !..
Pete created the unique synthesizer backdrop that The Who used in a lot of their classics. In the 60’s he began experimenting with one of the first synthesizers that he rigged up in his home studio and created the loops you here in Won’t Get Fooled Again, Baba O’Reilly, this one and many more over the years. He was way ahead of his time. He would write the music and lyrics for the band at home, bring it into the studio for the band to flesh out and they’d each add their unique sounds to it. It was a unique approach and gives them powerful individual, but complimentary, features in many of their songs.
So this is definitely classic rock from the '70s. I'm surprised when younger people are blown away by the production quality of '70s music. It's good to remember that these bands consist of musicians who are recording live music. They mastered panning in the early seventies as well as other production techniques. Keith Moon is the man destroying the drums! Enjoyed your reaction of Pink Floyd!
I think part of that is down to the musicianship being so high and also the clarity that comes from the fact they are playing ACTUAL instruments, rather than synthesised instruments.
The album this is from, Quadrophenia, was what the Who were touring the first time I saw them, in 1973. Performing the album with just 4 members was a challenge, and they tried to stay in sync with backing tapes containing the synthesizer sounds that are so pronounced in this song. It was hit and miss, but it remains my favorite concert ever, and I've been to quite a few over the years. I've seen the Who 14 times since. Good reaction!
1973. This album was released around the same time as Elton John's album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. From Wikipedia: Quadrophenia is the sixth studio album by the English rock band the Who, released as a double album on 26 October 1973 by Track Records. It is the group's third rock opera, the two previous being the "mini-opera" song "A Quick One, While He's Away" and Tommy. Set in London and Brighton in 1965, the story follows a young mod named Jimmy and his search for self-worth and importance. Quadrophenia is the only Who album entirely composed by Pete Townshend.
The song was written by lead guitarist, Pete Townsend and released in October 1973 off the groups 6th album "Quadrophenia". It is about a man named Jimmy who is going thru a bit of a mid-life crisis. As it begins to rain and thunder Jimmy first see's the rain as a blessing from God but soon finds himself having a suicide crisis. Jimmy, constantly facing the "Same shit! Different day" routine, through maturity, builds the inner strength to get thru each day.
This was a concept album from 1973, rocks its ass off! But needs to be heard start to finish to make sense of it. You should listen to won't get fooled again studio version 1971. 1970’s Rock Anthem. World class musicians all 4, but drummer Keith Moon was its heart and soul!
Symphonic! "Love Reign O'er Me" is from their 1973 album Quadrophenia. It was one of my favorite albums when I was a teenager in the eighties. The Who made a movie out of it in 1979 that basically tells a tale about their generation -- Mods verses Rockers in England in the mid-sixties. Mods rode Vespas, Rockers rode Triumphs, more or less, and they hated each other and brawled in the streets of Brighton in England in 1964. It was the first movie gig for Sting of The Police, iirc. Highlights from that album include "The Real Me", "The Punk And The Godfather", "I'm One", "Bell Boy", and "5:15", the lead single from the album. For a deeper dive into The Who check out "I Can See For Miles", "Amazing Journey", "A Quick One, While He's Away", "Long Live Rock", "Magic Bus" (from Live at Leeds) and an underrated banger from 1974 called "Naked Eye" -- part proto punk rock, part homage to Jimi Hendrix, it arguably features one of Townshend's best guitar solos.
O'er is an older English version of the word "over." Not uncommon in poetry even to this day. The entire album this is from--Quadrophenia--is gigantic. I'd check out "I've Had Enough" and "The Real Me."
It's really not old English, but rather a poetic shortening of the word 'over' to fit the meter required by the poem. 'O'er' has only one syllable, 'over' has two. It's that simple.
The Who pre 1970 is different than The Who of post 1970 just like The Stones and The Beatles their musical skill and writing reinvented these bands to all of our benefits All great just different Thanx Boys loved it
For perspective, The Who started about the same time as The Rolling Stones, and The Beatles. Roger and Pete still play together. This song was released in 1973.
New subscriber here, saw this song on the feed, great choice... i checked your videos and see a handful of artists, theres so many more you need to hit up... heres 2... Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb Live from the Pulse '94 tour... the other is The Moody Blues Nights in White Satin Live, they did a dvd of it so it should be easy to find
I've always loved The Who but was just a bit too young to have had the chance to see them live. They did a special exhibit on them on the top floor of the Rock Hall some years back, and I remember coming up that last set of stairs and being immersed into the live concert experience as they played one of their concerts at top volume that appeared across every screen in the small, circular room, making you feel like you were in the middle of it. I sat down on a bench and didn't move for over an hour. Amazing experience, amazing band, definitely go deep and wide on their music.
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Great reactions.. to one of the greatest rock bands of all time. If you really want to see these guys playing live I highly suggest checking out their performance of 'Young Man's Blues' from the Isle of Wight Festival 1970.
"O'er" is "over." It was often used in old poems to make the verse scan better. It's a little ridiculous here, but the song is so great sonically that I just ignore it.
Saw them twice, a week apart in the early 80's... they were a GREAT band in the sense they played a great live show, committed to their live sound. They were the real deal, lyrics, relevance and music to back it up.... they make come around again... see them.
The Who have many great songs and albums, but my favorite is their earlier Live at Leeds album. No band at the time played with such raw power and energy. My Generation, Young Man Blues, Amazing Journey/Sparks, Magic Bus are all amazing.
Brilliant beyond belief. The sea/rain element in the whole of Quadrophenia, why it's important to the concept, as well as the wordplay between reign/rain just underlines why you need to hear the whole thing from start to finish. Also has to be said that musically, for a rock album, it is just outrageously bold to end an entire composition on a chord of E flat minor, about as alien to guitar players as it is possible to get.
This is an example of the genius songwriting of the guitarist, Pete Townsend (and great, impassioned singing by Roger Daltrey). Pete Townsend wrote a rock opera named Tommy that is also incredible. It was made into a movie (which featured Elton John, Eric Clapton, Tina Turner, Ann-Margret and Jack Nicholson) and it has been performed on stage multiple times.
Written and composed by guitarist Pete Townshend, it was released on 27 October 1973 as the second single from the band's sixth studio album and second rock opera, Quadrophenia.
The Who is one of those bands with 4 musicians who were all among the best ever at what they did. They are: Pete Townsend: guitar, backing and occasional lead vocals, keyboards, synthesizer/programming and primary songwriter Roger Daltry: lead vocals, harmonica, occasional rhythm guitar John Entwistle: Bass Keith Moon: Drums This song was from 1973.
The Who's Pete Towsend is a musical genius. Quadrophenia is from the early 70's and Townsend was all of 26 or 27 at the time. This album came after Tommy, which he composed in 1969 at the ripe old age of 24. Wow. Incredible.
The Who are absolute legends. One of the greatest drummers of all time in Moon, one of the greatest bassists of all time in Entwistle, and one of the greatest live acts in history. Listen to Live at Leeds, especially Heaven and Hell, or A Quick One While He's Away. Watch The Who and The Rolling Stones performances from the Rock & Roll Circus. The Who embarrassed the Stones so badly that they recorded it in 1968 but didn't release it until 1995.
Read Thea album covet. It says. Roger Daltrey vocals , John Entwhistle bass, Keith Mòon drums , Pete Townsend the remainder. What a genius when you consider what the remainder consists of.
Pete Townsend wrote so many friggin songs!!! AND to have a guy sing all of your words like that? AND have a rhythm section as talented as Moon and Entwhistle?
This is the concluding song to the Who's Rock Opera Quadrophenia. Roger Daltry's interpretation is among his best of any Who song. The keyboards stand out, the piano in particular, but Pete Townsend wrote exceptionally and used the synthesizer in his music, and this song in particular.
Someone else suggested “Won’t Get Fooled Again” at Shepperton Studios live 1978. They are correct, that was a GREAT performance. Sadly, that was the last performance before the drummer Keith Moon passed away.
This one came out in 1972, but, was released in 1973. They are incredible. Many songs from this amazing band. Baba O'Riley, Won't Get Fooled Again, Who Are You, Pinball Wizard, etc. The list goes on & on. Thank you!
the main character in this rock drama was a teenager in Britain, who suffered not from a split personality , but from a personality split into 4 parts, hence the title of this album is QUADRAFINIA.
